Exactly. In the other clubs the manager is to serve the club, at United , the club is to serve the manager.
Moyes took one of the biggest applause I have ever seen in football just a few weeks before he was sacked. United fans have this weird behavior of worshipping the manager. Everyone can be criticized, you can shit on players, but when it comes to the manager, hell no, saying bad words about him is absolute blasphemy. Worshipping the manager is like a high society status, a showing that you’re a better fan.
It is weird to be fair.
Personally I think this is one of the best and most unique things about the match-going United fans, and should be celebrated, not mocked. Criticise the manager certainly, question his decisions, but for 90 minutes, we back him and the team to the hilt.
I personally much prefer that than the toxicity at Arsenal, or the outright delusional entitlement of a lot of fanbases in Spain.
It's not like the fanbase doesn't show its frustration. When we don't attack, you can feel the crowd getting anxious, and when there's a lack of quality, you can hear the groans at misplaced passes. But I really appreciate the fact that this never turns into outright hostility towards our own players an management.
We are Manchester United. We're not like other clubs. Success will come and go, but certain values have to remain. If we allow a lack of success to erode those values, then the club stops being what made it so special in the first place.
I have ongoing reservations about Ole. I wouldn't characterise myself as Ole In or Ole Out. But the one thing he has done without fail is uphold the values of the club. And as a fanbase we must, we MUST, uphold the values that are within our hands, and back the team and the manager 100% on matchday.